# Amputations at Alex E. Paris Contracting Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171111077` · 11/17/2017 · MONACA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Jackhammers-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Alex E. Paris Contracting Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 370 Frankfort Road, MONACA, PENNSYLVANIA, 15061
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a jack hammer to remove concrete at a job site. The employee rested the jack hammer against some pipes while he used a shovel to remove debris. The jack hammer slid off the pipe, striking and crushing the employee's left middle finger, which had to be surgically amputated.

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